James haggart



metallic plate.

' UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

JAMES HAGGART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-SASI-I FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HAGGART, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Fastening for that Peculiar Kindof )Window- Sashes known as French lVindows; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description of the constructionand operation thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making part of this specification, of which- Figure 1 is a front view ofthe fastening as Xed upon the sash with the rod thereof in view and in aclosed position; Fig. 2 a transverse section of the rod with the armhandle and catch. Fig. 3, a transverse section of one end of the rod andthe snail catches thereto attached. Fig. 4 a front view of a section ofthe sash with the rod embedded therein and covered with a thin Fig. 5 atransverse section of the rod and handle as constructed when the rod isembedded in the sash andcovered by a plate; and Fig. Gis a front view ofthe socket plate into which the catch is inserted.

This fastening consists in part, of a vertical metallic rod A, B, whichis attached to the centerward side bar of a hinged sash by staples orstraps-and terminating in a snail catch (C, Fig. 3) at each end and thiscatch occasionally takes to a small staple (I) attached to the windowframe or casement above and below, over which the sash passes, it thesash being cut out sufficient to allow it to pass over the staplesfreely, so

that when the sash is shut the front of the 5,375, dated November 20,1847.

staples are flush with the face of the sash; to the central part of therod is attached an arm D by which the position of the rodis occasionallychanged, and to the end of which is attached a handle and catch (E andF, Fig. 2) whereby the arm is occasionally made fast to the socket plateG G, which is permanently attached to the centerward side bar of thesashv which constitutes the other half of the window, the catch Fentering the socket and being turned by the handle E is made fast. Thesnail catches on the ends of the rod and the staples at the top andbottom are so adjusted that when the arm D is in a position nearly atright angles with the face of the sash the bit or shoulder C of thesnails will freely pass the staples, but by turning the handle towardthe socket the shoulders of the snails take hold of the staples and thesash is made fast.

In Figs. 4 and 5. is represented a slight variation in the constructionof the fastening whereby7 the rod is embedded within the sash andconcealed from view by a narrow plate in front. This variation beingfully illustrated in the drawings requires no further explanation.

Nhat I claim as original and desire to secure by Letters Patent, are-The arm D with the handle and catch E F in combination with the metallicrod and the catches, as herein described.

JAMES HAGGART.

Witnesses:

JAMES BERGER, GEO, TAPPEN, Sr.

